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Blood in urine

Dear all. My oldest degus (he is supposed to be 9 months old according to his last owner, but I think he is a bit older than that) urine has turned red. It looks like blood. We have not fed him anything abnormal, red fruits or stuff like that. This has happened once before, 3 weeks ago, when we came home from our holiday. Then there was tiny blood marks on a wooden piece, and we couldn`t figure out why. Now it seems alot more. I checked all of them yesterday and it seemed that the father still had some blood stuck on some of the fur between his legs, after urinating. I could not see any wounds. He lives with his 4 sons who is now 4 months old. Vets in Norway don`t have much experience with deguses, if any, so it would be rerally helpful if you could point out some diseases/problems it could be, so that I can suggest them to the vet. This is so sad. I love him very much. Please help, anyone. Thank you in advance.

Poor Susie Q....

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Originally Posted by Trine

Dear all. My oldest degus (he is supposed to be 9 months old according to his last owner, but I think he is a bit older than that) urine has turned red. It looks like blood. We have not fed him anything abnormal, red fruits or stuff like that. This has happened once before, 3 weeks ago, when we came home from our holiday. Then there was tiny blood marks on a wooden piece, and we couldn`t figure out why. Now it seems alot more. I checked all of them yesterday and it seemed that the father still had some blood stuck on some of the fur between his legs, after urinating. I could not see any wounds. He lives with his 4 sons who is now 4 months old. Vets in Norway don`t have much experience with deguses, if any, so it would be rerally helpful if you could point out some diseases/problems it could be, so that I can suggest them to the vet. This is so sad. I love him very much. Please help, anyone. Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Trine

What? You and i have the same thing! I think it was Susie Q....her intire diahharia(i think thats how you spell it) was red!
It's like someone threw a tomato.... good my gerbils and snowball is in a better place... in Heven

Im 90% sure its a kidney infection. It happened to my hammie and we didnt notice in time and she died from it, SO GET TO A VET ASAP!!!!

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"For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.They are not brethen, they are not underlings; they are other nations caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth."